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If you are wearing blue jeans, chances are a version of tailor Jacob Davis's invention is hugging your hips right now. Davis did not invent jeans—that was the more famous Levi Strauss—but he did invent one crucial component: the copper...

Parker was a young girl when Comanches raided Fort Parker—located in what is now Texas—and massacred its inhabitants, capturing her in the process. Raised by her captors, she was adopted into the tribe and went on to bear the last grea...

Over the course of several months leading up to May 18, 1927, disgruntled school board member Andrew Kehoe hid hundreds of pounds of explosives inside the Bath Consolidated School in Bath Township, Michigan. That day, after destroying his farm&mda...

K-12 educators interested in attending one of the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute sessions have only one week – until March 21, 2018 – to apply.  Held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., these profession...

Greetings from the Library of Congress! We are requesting your valuable input as part of our research in envisioning the Library of Congress’ future. Please take a few moments to complete a survey about your work with K-12 students. The inf...

  The Library of Congress Educational Outreach Division is looking for a Performing or Visual Arts teacher to serve as the 2018-2019 Teacher in Residence. This is the first time the Library has specifically recruited a performing arts or vis...

K-12 educators interested in attending one of the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute sessions still have one month – until March 21, 2018 – to apply.  Held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., these professi...

This spring, the Library of Congress will host two free, one-day workshops for K-12 educators interested in incorporating WWI-related primary sources into their classroom instruction. In each session, Library of Congress education specialists wi...

Steve Hargadon interview with Erica Renee Goldson - The Valedictorian Who Spoke Out Against Schooling. Part of the http://www.futureofeducation.com interview series.

Steve Hargadon interview with Denise Pope on "Overloaded and Underprepared." Part of the http://www.futureofeducation.com interview series.

Steve Hargadon interviews Doug Johnson for the http://www.futureofeducation.com interview series.

Steve Hargadon interviews connected student-authors from Norway who talk about their book and how to build a digital classroom. Part of the http://www.futureofeducation.com interview series.

Doan Winkel and Michael Issa join Steve Hargadon on the FutureofEducation.com interview series.